The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Literacy in A BOX Trust

Registered charity 1118177 Registered since 2007

Operates: Philippines, Zambia, The Gambia

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

6.3y median 5y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£13k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.literacyboxtrust.org.uk
Emailinfo@literacyboxtrust.org.uk
Phone01752784540
Address7 Cheshire Drive, Plymouth, PL6 6SQ

Finances

£13,133 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£9,953£1,161
2022£14,523£15,792
2023£9,148£10,276
2024£17,720£17,950
2025£13,133£10,443

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN SCHOOLS IN ZAMBIA AND IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (SSA)

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 30/01/2007AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 30/01/2007AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 01/06/2010AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 20/10/2015

Trustees (4)

4trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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